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Plakias: Site Map
 
Plakias

is an old fishing village on the south coast of the district of Short portrait of the port town of Rethymnon on the island of Crete Rethymnon on the island of CretaNet: Collection of short portraits of Cretan cities and villages Crete.

It is known to individual tourists for some years, but still rather untouched by mass tourism.

The southern coastal mountains rise immediately behind the village.
Plakias: View of the village and the beach from the road to Sellia - Copyright (c) 2006 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Plakias: The port - Copyright (c) 2006 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Plakias: Main road - Copyright (c) 2006 Ingo H. Dietrich Between the two mountains Xilis Korifi (829 meters) and Kirrimianou (815 meters), there is the Kotsifos creek down the ravine of the same name. It runs into the Libyan Sea just in the middle of Plakias.

On it's west bank there is the small fishing port.

Around the port and further eastward along the sandy beach which lines the bay are some smaller hotels and apartment facilities.
 
Plakias: Main road - Copyright (c) 2006 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Down along the beach road there are several restaurants, tavernas, kafenions, small supermarkets and some other shops.

Regular boats connect the port to the famous palm beach of Preveli.

So the beach is accessible also to those visitors who do not like or are not able to undertake the onerous climb from Preveli down to the beach and back.
Plakias: Eastern beach - Copyright (c) 2006 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
Some 1,500 meters west of the village center there is the smaller bay of Souda which also has a sandy beach.
 
Plakias: View of the bay from Souda beach - Copyright (c) 2006 Ingo H. Dietrich
 
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The beaches along the south coast are less crowded. Officially camping is not allowed outside approved campsites. The police may ask you to leave. Rent a minibus at Heraklion airport, go to your hotel, leave your luggage and escape to the South!
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Latest News
Sat, 4th February, 2012: Sat, 4th February, 2012 CIC Bus Excursion of the Rethymnon Area on February 19th
Fri, 3rd February, 2012: Fri, 3rd February, 2012 Mr. Gyros is open again
Thu, 2nd February, 2012: Thu, 2nd February, 2012 CIC Times February issue released
Wed, 1st February, 2012: Wed, 1st February, 2012 CIC Lecture on Crete and Cyprus on February 22nd
Tue, 31st January, 2012: Tue, 31st January, 2012 Private apartment and studios above the south coast
Mon, 30th January, 2012: Mon, 30th January, 2012 FAR web site now with photo album
Sun, 29th January, 2012: Sun, 29th January, 2012 DEZ carnival party on February 19th
Sat, 28th January, 2012: Sat, 28th January, 2012 Monthly Assembly of CIC Rethymnon on February 6th
Fri, 27th January, 2012: Fri, 27th January, 2012 Monthly Assembly of CIC Georgioupolis on February 7th
Thu, 26th January, 2012: Thu, 26th January, 2012 Monthly Assembly of CIC Kalives on February 10th
Thu, 19th January, 2012: Thu, 19th January, 2012 CIC Annual General Assembly on February 9th
Wed, 18th January, 2012: Wed, 18th January, 2012 Oriseum Café re-opens
Wed, 11th January, 2012: Wed, 11th January, 2012 Knossos Tutorial from February 1st to 4th

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